After waiting close to eight weeks, my long awaited Internment Report has arrived for the Beattie’s and Tierney’s buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. After paying $75 for the report, I find it raised more questions than it really resolved.

Back in July 2008, I made a trip to Holy Cross after learning from two death certificates that James F. Tierney and Mary Dillon Beattie were buried separately there. The staff at Holy Cross was kind enough to point me to the two grave sites which were on opposite ends of the cemetery.

I first went to visit the grave of James F. Tierney. Unfortunately, the grave was nice, but quite generic, listing only the last name “Tierney”. There were absolutely no details on anyone buried there.

So then I went to the Beattie grave. I was quite happy to see several names listed on the stone including Jonathan, Mary, Francis, Edward Sheridan and Elizabeth Beattie Sheridan. One name that surprised me was that of Philip McCarthy. To my knowledge, we had no links to any McCarthy’s in our family tree. Who could this be? A family friend? A distant relative?

So armed with a dozen or so questions, I proceeded back to the Cemetery office. Unfortunately, I was informed that any internment information on the graves would have to be researched and that I would have to send a letter, along with a check for $75, requesting the report.

grrrrrrrrrrr… So at least the report is finally here.

The Tierney Grave
Nothing real surprising at the Tierney grave, although I did not really expect to see brother Thomas or son James there. I was hoping that James’ father or mother would be buried there so I could dig up some more info about them. But I’ll take what I can get.

Name

Age at Death

Date of Internment

My Notes

James F. Tierney

36 y

11/6/1896

*John Tierney

9 mo.

11/6/1896

Son of Frank and May Tierney

Thomas Tierney

44 y

9/16/1919

Brother of James F.

James Tierney

37 y

12/15/1931

Son of James F.

Sarah Beattie Tierney

85 y

3/12/1946

Wife of James F.

The Beattie Grave

Now here is where I was caught completely by surprise.

Name

Age at Death

Date of Internment

My Notes

Jonathan J. Beattie

83 y

1/11/1913

Mary Dillon Beattie

78 y

1/22/1913

Wife of Jonathan

Elizabeth Beattie

12/16/1897

No idea.

*Frank Beattie

39 y

12/11/1896

Son of Jonathan

*Francis Dillon

45 y

4/24/1893

Brother of Mary Dillon Beattie?

*Sarah McDermott

55 y

1/30/1895

No idea. Perhaps sister to Francis and Mary?

Julia Beattie

6 m

6/11/1899

No idea.

Mary Beattie & Infant

40 y

3/2/1904

No idea. Maybe wife of John J.?

Francis Beattie

1 y

5/25/1904

No idea.

John Beattie

15 y

12/28/1907

No idea.

George Sheridan

71 y

7/8/1940

Husband of Elizabeth Beattie (below)

Elizabeth Beattie Sheridan

81 y

2/15/1958

Daughter of Jonathan Beattie and wife of George

Edward Sheridan

54 y

5/4/1955

Son of George and Elizabeth

Philip McCarthy

77 y

2/6/1971

No idea who the McCarthy’s are

Mary McCarthy

95

11/9/1990

Wife of Philip (Maybe a Beattie?)

Rev Joseph McCarthy

50 y

10/12/1974

Son of Philip & Mary

Now here is another strange twist to this story. The people above with the “*” were all buried together in a different plot before being moved to these two grave sites in February of 1897. The plot that they were in, was purchased by a Mr. Harry Boyle. Who knows… maybe they borrowed space until they could purchase a family plot.

A true mystery is unfolding again! Now, I’m going to have to make another day trip to the New City Archives and dedicate it to tracking down these people and see where their puzzle piece fits into our family tree. Stay tuned….